Season 1999 · Round 7

French Grand Prix

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1999-06-27 · Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours · France · French Grand Prix · 72Lap · 305.814km
8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Jordan 1:58:24.343
Team win 10pt P1 · P13
1 Mika Häkkinen
McLaren +11.092
16 Rubens Barrichello
Stewart +43.432
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
10
Giancarlo Fisichella L42 Damon Hill L31 Alessandro Zanardi L26 Jacques Villeneuve L25 Alexander Wurz L25 Marc Gené L25 Jean Alesi L24 David Coulthard L9 Pedro Diniz L6 Johnny Herbert L4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 8 wins
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 5/18 27.8%
Closest finish · all-time P26
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Magny Cours, France
72Lap 305.814km 18 races held (1991–) Lap record 1:15.045 · David Coulthard (2002)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 8 wins · GP #1
P15 Damon Hill 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P15 David Coulthard 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Starts
P3 Rubens Barrichello 16 starts · → Riccardo Patrese -1
P4 Michael Schumacher 15 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P5 David Coulthard 14 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67 Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Panis PAN Panis PAN Zonta ZON Zonta ZON Badoer BAD Badoer BAD de la Rosa DLR de la Rosa DLR Fisichella · retired L42 Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Hill · retired L31 Hill HIL Hill HIL Zanardi · retired L26 Zanardi ZAN Zanardi ZAN Villeneuve · retired L25 Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Wurz · retired L25 Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Gené · retired L25 Gené GEN Gené GEN Alesi · retired L24 Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Coulthard · retired L9 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Diniz · retired L6 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Herbert · retired L4 Herbert HER Herbert HER Takagi · stopped L71 · classified P22 Takagi TAK Takagi TAK
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan 5 72 1:58:24.343 10
2 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 14 72 +11.092 6
3 16 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 1 72 +43.432 4
4 6 Ralf Schumacher Williams 16 72 +45.475 3
5 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 6 72 +47.881 2
6 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 17 72 +48.901 1
7 19 Jarno Trulli Prost 8 72 +57.771
8 18 Olivier Panis Prost 3 72 +58.531
9 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR 10 72 +1:28.764
10 20 Luca Badoer Minardi 20 71 +1 Lap
11 14 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 21 71 +1 Lap
R 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 7 42 Spun off
R 7 Damon Hill Jordan 18 31 Electrical
R 5 Alessandro Zanardi Williams 15 26 Engine
R 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR 12 25 Spun off
R 10 Alexander Wurz Benetton 13 25 Spun off
R 21 Marc Gené Minardi 19 25 Spun off
R 11 Jean Alesi Sauber 2 24 Spun off
R 2 David Coulthard McLaren 4 9 Electrical
R 12 Pedro Diniz Sauber 11 6 Transmission
R 17 Johnny Herbert Stewart 9 4 Gearbox
D 15 Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 22 71 Disqualified
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
16 Rubens Barrichello
2
11 Jean Alesi
3
18 Olivier Panis
4
2 David Coulthard
5
8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
6
3 Michael Schumacher
7
9 Giancarlo Fisichella
8
19 Jarno Trulli
9
17 Johnny Herbert
10
23 Ricardo Zonta
11
12 Pedro Diniz
12
22 Jacques Villeneuve
13
10 Alexander Wurz
14
1 Mika Häkkinen
15
5 Alessandro Zanardi
16
6 Ralf Schumacher
17
4 Eddie Irvine
18
7 Damon Hill
19
21 Marc Gené
20
20 Luca Badoer
21
14 Pedro de la Rosa
22
15 Toranosuke Takagi
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 2 David Coulthard 1:19.227 L8
2 2 David Coulthard 1:19.371 L9
3 2 David Coulthard 1:19.496 L7
4 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:19.758 L20
5 2 David Coulthard 1:19.997 L6
6 6 Ralf Schumacher 1:20.313 L19
7 4 Eddie Irvine 1:20.328 L17
8 4 Eddie Irvine 1:20.421 L16
9 4 Eddie Irvine 1:20.442 L20
10 4 Eddie Irvine 1:20.456 L15
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
4
Eddie Irvine
+25
P17→P6
6
Ralf Schumacher
+16
P16→P4
1
Mika Häkkinen
+14
P14→P2
20
Luca Badoer
+14
P20→P10
23
Ricardo Zonta
+12
P10→P9
15
Toranosuke Takagi
+11
P22→P—
14
Pedro de la Rosa
+10
P21→P11
5
Alessandro Zanardi
+10
P15→P—
Most positions lost
Eddie Irvine −13 Johnny Herbert −11 Olivier Panis −10
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15